Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard to the above that I find Red Norvo's band to rank with Jimmy Dorsey and Bob Crosby as the best white band in the country. Norvo himself is superb, plays delicate expressive solos that cut right through you while at the same time managing to yield fine swing. The band itself has that colored lag, playing just behind the beat, that is so essential to good swing, while at the same time playing with a precision that few colored bands ever reach. Ray Noonan (trombone), Stewy McKay (tenor sax), and Buddy Christian (drums) all contribute to the fine...
...sabre section, Captain "Skip" Batchelder and another Senior, Joe Doyle, are vying with three Sophomores for starting posts. Tom Wright, whose record in the competitions sponsored by the Amateur Fencing League of America is outstanding, won handily in his matches against Hartford. Bob Batt and Wyn Alberts are the other leading second-year...
Crimson swimmers participating in the strictly masculine part of the program are Eric Cutler, Frank Powers, and Ed Hewitt, who will enter the New England A. A. A. U. 500-yard free-style championship race. Bob White and Jim Curwen, who had hoped to swim, may have to scratch because of colds. The mermen will find stiff competition from Bill Carson of the Providence Boys' Club, who defeated Cutler in the New England Championship 220-yard free-style race last month...
Coach Ulen departed yesterday at noon, taking 16 tankmen with him. They are: Jim Curwen, Eric Cutler, Frannie Powers, Rusty Greenhood, Chet Sagenkahn, Dave Van Vort, Freddie Griffin, Ed Hewitt, Bob White, Art Bosworth, Craig Moore, Jack Waldron, Max Kraus, Ned Goldwasser, and Lonnie and Harley Stowell...
...Clement and Mulcahey in the 175 lb. and Stone and Ferrid in the 135 lb. classes grappled to extra-period dead-locks. The Yardlings' quickest win was Bob Benchley's 1:12 pinning of Wright. The other Freshman points came from Jim Redman's 6:53 clutch of Burham in the 121 lb. class. Blaine, Conlin, and Sullivan dropped their bouts...